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Ink Absorber Full

The ink absorber box or flushing box is

The ink absorber box or flushing box

 

full. These components are periodic

will need to be replaced. Contact

 

maintenance items that may require

Brother Customer Service or your

 

replacement after a period of time to

local Brother Authorised Service

 

ensure optimum performance from

Centre to have your machine serviced.

 

your Brother machine. Because these

Other reasons for cleaning are:

 

components are periodic maintenance

 

items, the replacement is not covered

1 After a paper jam has been

 

under the warranty. The need to

cleared, the machine automatically

 

replace these items and the time

cleans itself before the next

 

period before replacement is

received fax is printed.

 

dependent on the number of purges

2 The machine automatically cleans

 

and flushes required to clean the ink

 

itself after sitting idle for more than

 

system. These boxes acquire

 

30 days (infrequent use).

 

amounts of ink during the different

 

3 The machine automatically cleans

 

purging and flushing operations. The

 

number of times a machine purges

itself after the ink cartridges for

 

and flushes for cleaning varies

each color have been replaced

 

depending on different situations. For

12 times.

 

example, frequently powering the

 

 

machine on and off will cause

 

 

numerous cleaning cycles since the

 

 

machine automatically cleans upon

 

 

power up. The use of non-Brother ink

 

 

may cause frequent cleanings

 

 

because non-Brother ink could cause

 

 

poor print quality which is resolved by

 

 

cleaning. The more cleaning the

 

 

machine requires the faster these

 

 

boxes will fill up.

 

 

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repairs resulting from the use of

 

 

non-Brother supplies may not be

 

 

covered under the stated product

 

 

warranty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ink Absorber

The ink absorber box or flushing box is

Call Brother Customer Service / your

NearFull

near full.

Brother dealer.

Ink low

One or more of the ink cartridges are

Order a new ink cartridge. You can

 

near the end of their life. If a sending

continue printing until the LCD shows

 

machine has a color fax to send, your

Cannot Print. (See Replacing the

 

machine’s “handshake” will ask that

ink cartridges uu page 50.)

 

the fax be sent as monochrome. If the

 

 

sending machine has the ability to

 

 

convert it, the color fax will be printed

 

 

at your machine as a monochrome

 

 

fax.

 

 

 

 

Low Temperature

The print head is too cold.

Allow the machine to warm up.

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